SaddleASE + ASAItem ID 401
Quetz Platform Saddle
Equip a Quetz with this to ride it. You can build structures on the large platform to make a mobile base.
Armor25
Weight20
Stack1
Unlocks atLv 9780 pts
Details
- Category
- Saddle
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 221 crates
- Item ID
- 401
Saddle & engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 97
- Engram points
- 80
Learn these first
Quetz Saddle
Maps
Found on 9 maps
The IslandScorched EarthAberrationExtinctionLost ColonyThe CenterAstraeosRagnarokValguero
Related
Quetz
Video guides: search YouTube for Quetz Platform Saddle guides
How to craft Quetz Platform Saddle
Quetz Platform Saddle is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 97, costs 80 engram points, takes 15 seconds, gives 462 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Crafted in
Smithy
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
960Stone
480Chitin/Keratin
360MetalCrafted along the way: Metal Ingot ×180, Cementing Paste ×120.
How to get Quetz Platform Saddle
Quetz Platform Saddle is dropped by 2 creatures; found in 221 loot crates.
Dropped by
Tek Quetzal
QuetzalLoot crates
221 crates
- Astraeos PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos RedAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Red BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos YellowAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Yellow BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astral MammothThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- BeylaThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Dragon HoardScorched Earth, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- ErymanthianAstraeos · ASA
- Extinction Cave BlueExtinction · ASA / ASE
- Extinction Cave RedExtinction · ASA / ASE
Show all 221 crates
- Extinction Cave YellowExtinction · ASA / ASE
- Fishing Items (Pole)The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
- Fjordur Deep SeaFjordur · ASE
- Fjordur Ice Cave RedFjordur · ASE
- HatiThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Island Deep SeaThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, and Lost Island · ASE
- Island Ice Cave RedThe Island, The Center, Astraeos, and Ragnarok · ASA / ASE
- Island PurpleThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Purple BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island RedThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Red BonusThe Island and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island YellowThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Yellow BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- KalydoniosAstraeos · ASA
- King Titan EasyExtinction · ASA
- King Titan HardExtinction · ASA
- King Titan MediumExtinction · ASA
- Lava ElementalRagnarok · ASA / ASE
- Lost Island RuinsLost Island · ASE
- MinotarchosAstraeos · ASA
- Mission 'A Captains Conquest' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'A Captains Conquest' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'A Captains Conquest' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Allo and Goodbye' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Allo and Goodbye' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Allo and Goodbye' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Along Came Pollen' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Along Came Pollen' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Along Came Pollen' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Another Bog Hunt' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Another Bog Hunt' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Another Bog Hunt' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Beatdown' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Beatdown' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Beatdown' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Fishin' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Fishin' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Fishin' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Rally' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Rally' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Rally' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bottle-nosed Blitz' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bottle-nosed Blitz' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bottle-nosed Blitz' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Built Fjord Tough' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Built Fjord Tough' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Built Fjord Tough' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Chasing the White Whale' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Chasing the White Whale' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Chasing the White Whale' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Cheaper by the Pack' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Cheaper by the Pack' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Cheaper by the Pack' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Dead Heat' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dead Heat' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dead Heat' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Deer-ly Departed' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Deer-ly Departed' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Deer-ly Departed' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dodoball Shot Clock' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dodoball Shot Clock' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dodoball Shot Clock' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dont Fear the Reaper King' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dont Fear the Reaper King' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dont Fear the Reaper King' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Echo of a Classic' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Echo of a Classic' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Echo of a Classic' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Gotta Go Fast' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Gotta Go Fast' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Gotta Go Fast' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hide and Sink' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hide and Sink' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hide and Sink' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Home Is Where the Pouch Is' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Home Is Where the Pouch Is' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Home Is Where the Pouch Is' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunt in the Heat' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunt in the Heat' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunt in the Heat' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunting by Moonlight' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunting by Moonlight' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunting by Moonlight' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hyde and Seek' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hyde and Seek' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hyde and Seek' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ice Fishin' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ice Fishin' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ice Fishin' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Its a Bug Hunt' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Its a Bug Hunt' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Its a Bug Hunt' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of Swing Grand Prix' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of Swing Grand Prix' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of Swing Grand Prix' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of the Moon' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of the Moon' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of the Moon' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Kingslayer' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Kingslayer' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Kingslayer' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Lochd and Loaded' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Lochd and Loaded' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Lochd and Loaded' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Magma Medley Melee' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Magma Medley Melee' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Magma Medley Melee' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mammoths on Parade' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mammoths on Parade' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mammoths on Parade' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mound Over Matter' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mound Over Matter' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mound Over Matter' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'One Hell of a Treasure Hunt' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'One Hell of a Treasure Hunt' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'One Hell of a Treasure Hunt' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Out of the Frying Pan...' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Out of the Frying Pan...' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Out of the Frying Pan...' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Rip It, Roll It, and Punch It!' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Rip It, Roll It, and Punch It!' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Rip It, Roll It, and Punch It!' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ruffle Some Feathers' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ruffle Some Feathers' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Saber Slalom' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Saber Slalom' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Saber Slalom' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Searching the Fro-zone' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Searching the Fro-zone' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Searching the Fro-zone' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Space Jam' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Space Jam' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Space Jam' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Spy Vs Spino' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Spy Vs Spino' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Spy Vs Spino' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Swamp Placid' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Swamp Placid' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Swamp Placid' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'TEKnological Terrors' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'TEKnological Terrors' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'TEKnological Terrors' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Egg-straction' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Egg-straction' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Egg-straction' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Mosa Proposal' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Mosa Proposal' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Mosa Proposal' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Rhino 500' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Rhino 500' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Rhino 500' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Summit Tour' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Summit Tour' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Summit Tour' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Teeth Underneath' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Teeth Underneath' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Teeth Underneath' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'This Little Light of Mine' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'This Little Light of Mine' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'This Little Light of Mine' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'To Boldly Go' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'To Boldly Go' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'To Boldly Go' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Tokyo Skifft' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Tokyo Skifft' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Tokyo Skifft' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Wave Ray 64' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Wave Ray 64' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Wave Ray 64' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'We Will Rock You' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'We Will Rock You' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'We Will Rock You' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Web Search' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Web Search' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Web Search' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Who Hid the Squid?' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Who Hid the Squid?' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Who Hid the Squid?' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Scorched Buried BlueThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried GreenThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried RedThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Desert CrateScorched Earth and Ragnarok · ASE
- SköllThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- SteinbjörnThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- The Center RedThe Center · ASA
- The Center Red BonusThe Center · ASA
- Treasure ChestRagnarok · ASA / ASE
- Valguero PurpleValguero · ASA
- Valguero Purple BonusValguero · ASA
- Valguero RedValguero · ASA
- Valguero Red BonusValguero · ASA
- Valguero YellowValguero · ASA
- Valguero Yellow BonusValguero · ASA
- Wild BroodmotherThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
Quetz Platform Saddle — Detailed Guide
Turning a Quetz into a mobile base
With the Quetz Platform Saddle, a Quetz in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended becomes both a mount and a building site. The in-game description: "Equip a Quetz with this to ride it. You can build structures on the large platform to make a mobile base." The ARK Wiki adds that the 
Quetzal keeps the ability to attack and harvest while you ride it with this saddle.
Engram and materials
The engram unlocks at level 97 for 80 engram points, and our records list the 
Quetz Saddle as its prerequisite. The saddle is crafted in a 
Smithy or an 
Argentavis Saddle; one craft takes 15 seconds and gives 462 XP. Materials:
- 620
Hide - 400
Fiber - 220
Silica Pearls or 
Silicate - 180
Metal Ingot or 
Scrap Metal Ingot - 120
Cementing Paste or 
Achatina Paste
The saddle weighs 20, with an armor rating of 25 and 50 durability. Besides crafting it, you can get one from a 
Tek Quetzal, which our records list as dropping it, or from loot: 221 crate types can contain it, for example the Astraeos Purple, Red and Yellow crates. Our records list it on 9 maps, among them The Island, Ragnarok and Valguero, and the wiki dates it to patch 218.0.
Rules for building on the platform
- Structure limit: the saddle holds at most 40 structures. Every piece counts toward that cap, from foundations to electrical keypads, and so do pieces placed next to the saddle, such as ladders.
- Space: the platform takes a 2 by 3 foundation, which roofs can extend.
- Allowed and blocked: feeding troughs, storage chests and beds can go on it, but
Auto Turrets, the 
Industrial Forge, vaults, pipes, 
Dinosaur Gateways, the 
Behemoth Gateway and Crop Plots with 
Plant Species X cannot. - Weight: items kept in storage on the platform still count toward the Quetzal's load, which the wiki says makes it inefficient for carrying the materials of a whole base. Since v256, 100% of animal weight is passed on to the Quetzal as well. The wiki suggests animals with weight reduction to increase carry capacity.
- Removing or dyeing: neither works while structures stand on the platform; destroy them all first.